The State-wise details of grants released under the Fifteenth Finance Commission to Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) of all the States, including Uttar Pradesh, during the last five years (FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25) are given at Annexure-I. As per the Operational Guidelines for implementation of 15 th Finance Commission grants to Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance vide letter dated 14.07.2021, grants are released to the States in two instalments in every financial year. States are required to submit a Grant Transfer Certificate, in the prescribed proforma, in respect of the previous instalment released to the State for considering the release of the next instalment. Submission of separate Utilization Certificate is not required in this matter. I n terms of Entry No. 5 of List-II (State List) of the 7 th Schedule of Constitution of India, Panchayats, being local-government, are within the purview of the States. Accordingly, all matters relating to Panchayats come within the purview of State Governments and information related to inspections or performance reviews of Panchayats is not maintained centrally. Ministry manages eGramSwaraj web portal (https://egramswaraj.gov.in) since April 2020, which integrates all financial functions of Panchayats—from planning to payment in respect of all States and UTs including the State of Uttar Pradesh. The progress data obtained from this system is displayed on the portal for concurrent monitoring at the State/UT, District, and Block levels. Ministry has also integrated eGramSwaraj with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for Panchayats, facilitating real-time digital payments to vendors and service providers. Additionally, the AuditOnline application was launched in April 2020 to enable online auditing of Panchayat accounts and their financial management. This tool facilitates the transparent utilisation of Central Finance Commission funds and enhances Panchayat-level financial oversight. The State-wise adoption status of eGramSwaraj for the XV Finance Commission for FY 2025-26 is given at Annexure-II and the State wise progress on Audit Online for the audit period 2023-24 and 2024-25 as on 05.03.2026 is given at Annexure-III and Annexure-IV respectively.
The Ministry has also been implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) with the major objective of Capacity Building & Training (CB&T) of Elected representatives, functionaries and other stakeholders of Panchayats across all States/UTs for improving overall Panchayat governance. Annexure-I The State-wise details of funds released for Panchayats during the last five years Sl. No. States Total (2020-21 to 2025-26) Allocation (Rs. in crore) Release (Rs. in crore) Expenditure / Utilization (Rs. in crore) % Utilization / Expenditure (Rs. in crore) 1 Andhra Pradesh 12,856 12,681 6,413 51% 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1,131 436 295 68% 3 Assam 7,857 7,109 3,730 52% 4 Bihar 24,579 23,340 17,074 73% 5 Chhattisgarh 7,123 6,515 6,906 106%* 6 Goa 368 215 78 36% 7 Gujarat 15,650 14,368 11,255 78% 8 Haryana 6,193 5,820 4,380 75% 9 Himachal Pradesh 2,102 1,984 1,635 82% 10 Jharkhand 8,274 6,501 5,346 82% 11 Karnataka 15,756 11,906 11,054 93% 12 Kerala 7,972 7,322 4,099 56% 13 Madhya Pradesh 19,511 16,060 13,412 84% 14 Maharashtra 28,540 23,097 19,418 84% 15 Manipur 867 243 97 40% 16 Meghalaya 893 277 324 117%* 17 Mizoram 455 396 374 94% 18 Nagaland 611 265 - 0% 19 Odisha 11,058 10,966 8,058 73% 20 Punjab 6,798 5,884 6,231 106%* 21 Rajasthan 18,915 16,443 13,024 79% 22 Sikkim 207 195 138 71% 23 Tamil Nadu 17,666 15,420 12,129 79% 24 Telangana 9,048 6,697 2,681 40% 25 Tripura 937 936 964 103%* 26 Uttar Pradesh 47,764 45,408 42,982 95% 27 Uttarakhand 2,813 2,436 1,839 75% 28 West Bengal 21,611 20,321 18,879 93% Total 2,97,555 2,63,238 2,12,817 81% *Note: The percentage of utilization in respect of these State is reflecting more than 100% on account of the interest accrued on the grant amount and expenditure thereof. Annexure-II State-wise adoption status of eGramSwaraj for the XV Finance Commission for FY 2025-26 Sr. No. State Name Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent Village Panchayat onboard Village Panchayats & Equivalent With Online Payment Total Number of Block Panchayats & Equivalent Block Panchayat onboard Block Panchayats With Online Payment Total Number of Zila Panchayats & Equivalent Zila Panchayat onboard Zila Panchayats With Online Payment 1 Andhra Pradesh 13327 13320 13025 660 660 649 13 13 13 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2108 2108 1486 0 0 0 27 26 22 3 Assam 2663 2186 2075 182 182 179 30 29 27 4 Bihar 8054 8054 8047 534 534 529 38 38 38 5 Chhattisgarh 11692 11687 11313 146 146 146 33 33 27 6 Goa 191 191 116 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 Gujarat 14619 14596 13800 248 248 248 33 33 33 8 Haryana 6227 6227 6010 143 143 141 22 22 22 9 Himachal Pradesh 3615 3615 3562 92 81 81 12 12 12 10 <td style="width:73.7